{{Infobox Italian comune | name = Murlo | official_name = Comune di Murlo | native_name = | image_skyline = MurloCastelloPanorama1.JPG | imagesize = | alt = | image_caption = View of the castle of Murlo | image_shield = Murlo-Stemma.png | shield_alt = | image_map = | map_alt = | map_caption = | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_alt = | coordinates = {{coord|43|10|N|11|23|E|type:city(2,116)_region:IT|display=inline}} | coordinates_footnotes = | region = [[Tuscany]] | province = [[Province of Siena|Siena]] (SI) | frazioni = [[Bagnaia, Murlo|Bagnaia]], [[Casciano, Murlo|Casciano]], [[La Befa]], [[Montepescini]], [[Vescovado, Murlo|Vescovado]] | mayor_party = | mayor = Fabiola Parenti | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 115.0 | population_footnotes = | population_total = 2453 | population_as_of = 30 November 2017<ref name="istat">All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute [[National Institute of Statistics (Italy)|Istat]].</ref> | pop_density_footnotes = | population_demonym = | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = 294 | twin1 = | twin1_country = | saint = St. Fortunatus | day = 12 July | postal_code = 53016 | area_code = 0577 | website = {{official website|http://www.comune.murlo.siena.it/}} | footnotes = }} '''Murlo''' is a ''[[comune]]'' (municipality) in the [[Province of Siena]] in the [[Italy|Italian]] region [[Tuscany]], located about {{convert|70|km|mi}} south of [[Florence]] and about {{convert|20|km|mi}} south of [[Siena]].
Murlo borders the following municipalities: [[Buonconvento]], [[Civitella Paganico]], [[Montalcino]], [[Monteroni d'Arbia]], [[Monticiano]], [[Sovicille]].
==History== From 1189 to 1778 it was the seat of the homonym "Feudo vescovile di Murlo", ecclesiastical [[signoria]] governed by the [[Archdiocese of Siena-Colle di Val d'Elsa-Montalcino|bishop of Siena]], of which remains the palace and the adjacent church of San Fortunato, where the Bishop celebrated religious rites.<ref>Mario Filippone (ed), ''Il territorio di Murlo e le sue chiese'', Siena. Nuova immagine, 1994, p. 9.</ref>
The hill of [[Poggio Civitate]] was an ancient settlement located in the commune and currently the site of archaeological investigations.<ref>[http://poggiocivitate.classics.umass.edu/overview.asp Poggio Civitate Excavation Project] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141009082241/http://poggiocivitate.classics.umass.edu/overview.asp |date=2014-10-09 }}, [[University of Massachusetts]] Amherst.</ref>
Most of the municipal population resides in [[Vescovado, Murlo|Vescovado]] and [[Casciano, Murlo|Casciano]]. Vescovado is also home to the municipal house.
== Geography == The territory, exclusively hilly, is between the valley of the river [[Merse (river)|Merse]] and the [[Val d'Arbia]]. The landscape has high hills and woods on the side of the river Merse going towards the [[Maremma]], but on the side of the river Arbia the hills are low and softer typical of the [[Crete Senesi]].
The municipality of Murlo can be considered in some respects a scattered municipality, as the village that gives its name to the municipality is not the town hall that is located, instead, in Vescovado. The village of Murlo (317 m a.s.l., 23 inhabitants)<ref name=istat2>Data of the 2011 Istat census.</ref> is mostly a tourist center for the presence of the medieval walls, the museum and the cathedral, all municipal activities take place in the villages of Vescovado, where the town hall is located, and Casciano, the two most populous villages.
=== Hamlets === * [[Bagnaia, Murlo|Bagnaia]] (246 m a.s.l., 16 ab.)<ref>Istat Census Data 2001.</ref> * [[Casciano, Murlo|Casciano]] (452 m a.s.l., 922 ab.)<ref name=istat2/> * [[La Befa]] (151 m a.s.l., 34 ab.)<ref name=istat2/> * [[Montepescini]] (256 m s.l.m., 16 ab.)<ref name=istat2/> * [[Vescovado, Murlo|Vescovado]] (294 m a.s.l., 821 ab.)<ref name=istat2/>
=== Other locations in the territory === Other minor localities of the territory are Aiello, Belcano, Campeccioli, Campolungo, Campriano, Casanova, Crevole, Cucculeggia, Filetta, Fontazzi, Formignano, Frontignano, Gonfienti, Lupompesi, Macereto, Miniere di Murlo, Mocale, Montepertuso, Montorgiali, Olivello, Pacanino, Palazzaccio, Piantasala, Pieve a Carli, Poggiobrucoli, Poggiolodoli, Pompana, Resi, San Giusto, Santo Stefano, Tinoni, Vallerano.
==Twin towns== *{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Giberville]], [[France]]
==References== <references></references>
==External links== {{commons category|Murlo}} * [http://www.comune.murlo.siena.it/ Official website]
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